RE: Tab completion in gmc

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

How about both. You can choose if you want automatic, or you can set a
keybinding.

I dont mind the automatic much, as long as you don't look at the textbox as
your typing. :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sri Ramkrishna [SMTP:sri@aracnet.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:49 AM
> To:	Simon Murcott
> Subject:	Re: Tab completion in gmc
> 
> > forgive me for suggesting this but has anyone noticed the way IE4
> handles 
> > this issue?
> 
> You're forgiven. :)
> 
> > It will simply put the characters that it has completed AHEAD of where 
> > the user is typing and these characters are selected. If the user keeps 
> > on typing then the suggested characters will be typed over.
> > 
> > This would allow us not to even worry about what to assign the tab key
> to.
> 
> I'm not sure if thats the right way to go.  I've found that automatic
> completion is very distracting especially when your putting some new URL
> and it keeps throwing suggestions of possible completion.  It's very
> intruding.
> 
> I'm still in favor of using emacs-style/vi-style method of navigation.
> Seems to me we should just leave it up to the person using the application
> and create some sort of global/per app keybinding file for this kind of
> behavior.
> 
> 	sri
> 
> 
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